"Moreover, while innovation in the world of conventional microprocessors has become more muted and largely confined to adding multiple processors, or "cores," to single chips, G.P.U. technology is continuing to advance rapidly."

"Going forward, the only purpose for your CPU will be to load Windows, whose only purpose will be to constantly check itself for malware and boot your games, the latter of which will increasingly be offloaded to the GPU."

"The most critical component is definitely the GPU, followed shortly thereafter by the CPU, you can then save a little money by either re-using existing parts in your current PC such as the hard drive, keyboard/mouse and monitor."

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